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Crossword #12540

Crossword #12540: a hand-curated English crossword with 80 clues on a 15 × 15 grid. Read the clues and play online.

English · 15 × 15

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Across

  1. Matter for a detective (4)
  2. Female sibling, informally (3)
  3. Common feline pet (3)
  4. Lightweight paste used to fill small holes and cracks in walls (7)
  5. Reduce a body to ashes (7)
  6. Breakfast grain foods (7)
  7. Charged with air or gas (7)
  8. Puts to work (4)
  9. Metal can for food (3)
  10. A distinct period of history or geological time (3)
  11. Automated online program (3)
  12. Shock senseless (4)
  13. Garland of flowers (3)
  14. Donkey (3)
  15. Iridescent gemstone (4)
  16. Tyrannical ruler (6)
  17. Licorice-flavored spice (7)
  18. Cookware, or pivots a camera (4)
  19. British term for a fool (4)
  20. Flat-topped hill with steep sides (4)
  21. Soothing succulent for burns (4)
  22. Common headache remedy (7)
  23. Ensemble of six (6)
  24. Formerly, in old usage (4)
  25. Network with an eye logo (3)
  26. Hawaiian taro paste (3)
  27. Wagers placed at a casino (4)
  28. Sound of delight (3)
  29. Light touch (3)
  30. Hold up at gunpoint (3)
  31. Artificial bait used in fishing (4)
  32. Capacity to do something (7)
  33. Pink lunch meat in a sandwich (7)
  34. Gambling establishments (7)
  35. Machine that pulverizes rock or ore (7)
  36. Before, to a poet (3)
  37. Obtain (3)
  38. Former partners (4)

Down

  1. Insertion marks in proofreading (6)
  2. Tennis serves no one returns (4)
  3. Upbeat Jamaican music genre (3)
  4. Old unit of cloth length (3)
  5. Barely enough (5)
  6. Strong anger (3)
  7. Calm and untroubled (6)
  8. Tree with heart-shaped leaves and long pods (7)
  9. Consumed a meal (3)
  10. Danson of 'Cheers' (3)
  11. Diver's breathing gear (5)
  12. Mexican coins (5)
  13. N.Y.C. clock setting in winter, briefly (3)
  14. Spoil or damage (3)
  15. Small piece of land in water (4)
  16. Milk-producing organs on a cow (6)
  17. An immeasurably long period of time (3)
  18. Belonging to that thing (3)
  19. The first and smallest positive integer (3)
  20. Buccaneer of the seven seas (6)
  21. Poses questions (4)
  22. Distance bridged between two supports (4)
  23. Help in wrongdoing (4)
  24. Middle Eastern ruler (4)
  25. Rest on a seat (3)
  26. Cleopatra's snake (3)
  27. Lion of the zodiac (3)
  28. Combine with oxygen (7)
  29. Mexican currency unit (4)
  30. Flowing back, as the tide (6)
  31. Sudden expulsions of air from the lungs (6)
  32. Carried or endured (5)
  33. Cut wool from a sheep (5)
  34. Lovers' secret meeting (5)
  35. Muhammad ___, 'The Greatest' (3)
  36. British broadcaster, for short (3)
  37. Fail to keep; be defeated (4)
  38. Tennis serve untouched by the opponent (3)
  39. Place serving alcoholic drinks (3)
  40. Digit on the foot (3)
  41. Mineral-bearing rock (3)
  42. Unit of illuminance (3)

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